Art from Trauma Genocide and Healing beyond Rwanda / edited by Rangira Bea Gallimore and Gerise Herndon ; foreword by Patricia A. Simpson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Herndon, Gerise, editor.

Gallimore, Rangira Béatrice, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transitional justice.

Arts and society.

Genocide--Rwanda.

Genocide.

Genocide--Sociological aspects.

Genocide--Psychological aspects.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]

Summary:

What is the role of aesthetic expression in responding to discrimination, tragedy, violence, even genocide? How does gender shape responses to both literal and structural violence, including implicit linguistic, familial, and cultural violence? How might writing or other works of art contribute to healing? Art from Trauma: Genocide and Healing beyond Rwanda explores the possibility of art as therapeutic, capable of implementation by mental health practitioners crafting mental health policy in Rwanda. This anthology ofscholarly, personal, and hybrid essays was inspired by scholar and activistChantal Kalisa (1965-2015).At the commemoration of the nineteenth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, organized by the Rwandan Embassy in Washington DC, Kalisagave a presentation, "Who Speaks for the Survivors of the Genocide against Tutsi?" Kalisa devoted her energy to giving expression to those whose voices had been distorted or silenced.The essaysin this anthology address how the production and experience of visual, dramatic, cinematic, and musical arts, in addition to literary arts, contribute to healing from the trauma of mass violence, offering preliminary responses to questions like Kalisa's and honoring her by continuing the dialogue in which she participated with such passion, sharing the work of scholars and colleagues in genocide studies, gender studies, and francophone literatures.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Illustrations

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I

1. Baby Steps

2. Speaking Nearby Genocide

3. Chantal's Voice

4. Bittersweet Realities

5. Memory, Language, and Healing

Part II

6. Theater and the Rwandan Genocide

7. Ingoma Nshya

Part III

8. The Films of Kivu Ruhorahoza

9. Héla Ammar

10. Filming with Orphans of the Genocide

11. Art for Teaching and Art for Surviving

Part IV

12. Gender-Based Violence in Monique Ilboudo's Fiction

13. Narrating Itsembabwoko and the Quest for Empathy

14. "Lay Down Body, Lay Down"

Part V

15. Women's Friendship in Exile

16. Preserving Memories, Celebrating Lives

List of Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781496215819

1496215818

9781496215796

1496215796

OCLC:

1102471306